id,claim,value,unit,scope,data_period,source_publisher,source_title,source_url,accessed
F1,"A 2022 study analyzed 2,010,403 unique apps in Apple's iOS App Store for privacy policy compliance.",2010403,apps,"Apple iOS App Store, global, data collection reported in the 2022 publication",2022,"MDPI, Sensors journal",Do the Right Thing: A Privacy Policy Adherence Analysis of over Two Million Apps in Apple iOS App Store,https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/22/8964,2026-09-25
F2,39.3% of the apps analyzed provided no privacy policy link at all.,39.3,percent,"Of 2,010,403 iOS apps analyzed, 2022",2022,"MDPI, Sensors journal",Do the Right Thing: A Privacy Policy Adherence Analysis of over Two Million Apps in Apple iOS App Store,https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/22/8964,2026-09-25
F3,58.5% of the apps analyzed did provide some privacy policy link.,58.5,percent,"Of 2,010,403 iOS apps analyzed, 2022",2022,"MDPI, Sensors journal",Do the Right Thing: A Privacy Policy Adherence Analysis of over Two Million Apps in Apple iOS App Store,https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/22/8964,2026-09-25
F4,"Of the apps that did provide a privacy policy link, 61.6% of those links were broken, dead, non-English, or otherwise failed to lead to an actual privacy policy, meaning only 38.4% of provided links actually worked.",61.6,percent,"Of the 58.5% of apps providing a link, 2022",2022,"MDPI, Sensors journal",Do the Right Thing: A Privacy Policy Adherence Analysis of over Two Million Apps in Apple iOS App Store,https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/22/8964,2026-09-25
F5,"Combining F3 and F4, roughly 22.5% of all apps analyzed had a privacy policy link that actually led to a working, valid privacy policy.",22.5,percent,"Of all 2,010,403 iOS apps analyzed, 2022",2022,Computed by Privacy Statement Generator from the same MDPI study,N/A (derived figure),https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/22/8964,2026-09-25
F6,"As a share of all apps analyzed (not just the ones that provided a link), roughly 36.0% had a privacy policy link that turned out to be broken or invalid.",36.0,percent,"Of all 2,010,403 iOS apps analyzed, 2022",2022,Computed by Privacy Statement Generator from the same MDPI study,N/A (derived figure),https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/22/22/8964,2026-09-25